EU economic governance and Covid-19: policy learning and windows of opportunity

Ladi, Stella; Tsarouhas, Dimitris

doi:10.1080/07036337.2020.1852231

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“…124-125). It is plausible that the German position was essential to determine the responses to Covid-19 (Ladi & Tsarouhas, 2020, p. 1052), but such an assumption reinforces our argument on the permanence of institutional mechanisms, allowing the economic hegemonic states to be decisive actors. Despite the different results, the institutional status quo hasn't changed.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 61%

“…1180Schmidt ( -1182 reminds that if the historical tracing of responses to critical junctures based on rational choice and constructivist approaches can provide explanations for policy change, that is only a partial analysis, insufficient to demonstrate if there was a reframing of institutional mechanisms and constitutional norms by the actors. If we agree that Covid-19 has resulted in policy-learning, we put into question if political ideology was a factor for policy shift and the change of Germany's position, as Ladi andTsarouhas argue (2020, p. 1045). We tried to demonstrate that it was the particularity of the Covid-19 crisis that posed hegemonic actors in a non-alternative solution, or the possibility of the alternative solution being too dangerous for the survival of the EU, the single market, and thus for national economic growth strategies.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Thirdly, a repetition of the Eurozone austerity could seriously question the benefits of being in the Euro, making it politically unsustainable, because the damages of exiting could be lower than those of a new austerity ("The Eurozone nine," 2020; "The new channel of Eurozone instability," 2020). The perception that the single market was under a symmetric shock, posing a serious existential threat to the EU, led politicians to engage in different institutional answers (Ladi & Tsarouhas, 2020, pp. 1046, 1047.…”

Section: Junctural Constraintsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…421-422;Heinrich & Kutter, 2013, pp. 124-126;Ladi & Tsarouhas, 2020, pp. 1042, 1051-1052Schmidt, 2020Schmidt, , pp.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Covid-19: A Different Economic Crisis but the Same Paradigm of Democratic Deficit in the EU

Sebastião

2021

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Based on a normative orientation and an interdisciplinary perspective, this is a comparative study, using the process tracing methodology, between the EU responses to Eurozone and Covid-19 crises to assess if, despite different outcomes, institutional decision-making processes evidence a change. The study concluded that the EU democratic deficit remains, which assumes special features in economic crises, providing a political oversize power to the economically hegemonic states, thus constraining ideological debate and making national interest prevail over politicisation. This perpetuates the conversion of structural economic positions into political power at the expense of political representative power and democracy.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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confidence: 99%

Section: Junctural Constraintsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…421-422;Heinrich & Kutter, 2013, pp. 124-126;Ladi & Tsarouhas, 2020, pp. 1042, 1051-1052Schmidt, 2020Schmidt, , pp.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Covid-19: A Different Economic Crisis but the Same Paradigm of Democratic Deficit in the EU

Sebastião

2021

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“…Albu et al estimated a decrease of the global GDP in 2020 up to 14.6% and in the EU between 7.4% and 9.3%, while in Romania, the GDP reduction could be between 5% and 7.9% [24]. In order to cope with the effects of the current pandemic, governments and EU institutions implemented a socio-economic recovery plan including joint debt issuance and a policy of intra-state financial redistribution, indirect redistribution across states, direct economic support to the most affected states and regions, fiscal prudence, and deficit spending [25]. However, according to O'Donoghue et al, despite the increased social benefits and the decline in tax rate, income inequality has continued to rise during the COVID crisis, suggesting the need for improving income-support policies [26].…”

Section: Literature Review and Hypothesesmentioning

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Influence of Fiscal Policies and Labor Market Characteristics on Sustainable Social Insurance Budgets—Empirical Evidence from Central and Eastern European Countries

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Social protection systems are a key factor for ensuring the long-term sustainability and stability of economies in the European Union, their reform being nowadays present in the political agenda of member states. Aging and the dependence on mandatory levies applied to the employed population on the labor market represent a threat for the sustainability of public social protection systems. In terms of sustainability, our purpose was to highlight the factors influencing social insurance budgets, considering the fiscal policies implemented in six countries of Central and Eastern Europe and their particular labor market characteristics. Therefore, a panel study based on a regression model using the Ordinary Least Squares method (OLS) with cross section random effects was used to determine the correlations between funding sources and labor market specific indicators. The data analyzed led to relevant results that emphasize the dependence of social insurance budgets on positive factors such as the average level of salaries, the share of compulsory social contributions, the unemployment rate, and the human development index, suggesting the continuing need for professional and personal development of the workforce.

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Norm collisions in European Union sectoral governance during the COVID‐19 pandemic: How the European Commission reconfigures norms in crises

Felder,

Stockmann

2023

Contemporary European Politics

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This article argues that the COVID‐19 pandemic has incited the collision of norms in sectoral European Union (EU) governance and provided an open juncture for the European Commission to engage in norm reconfiguration. Herewith, the paper expands the conceptual scope of EU‐related norm research, which by focussing on the diffusion of norms within and beyond the EU has largely omitted dynamic perspectives on norms so far. We combine International Relations norm research with EU governance literature to scrutinise the normative underpinnings of the immediate crisis response within Commission sectoral strategies and working programs. Empirically, the paper focuses on the higher education and transport sectors, which have been particularly impacted by the COVID‐19 crisis and targeted by the EU crisis response. The interpretative‐qualitative analysis uncovers COVID‐19‐related collisions within the ideational constellation of EU governance and shows that the European Commission has engaged in different reconfiguration practices, potentially altering the norm constellation in the investigated sectoral governance areas.

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EU economic governance and Covid-19: policy learning and windows of opportunity

Cited by 136 publications

References 26 publications

Covid-19: A Different Economic Crisis but the Same Paradigm of Democratic Deficit in the EU

Covid-19: A Different Economic Crisis but the Same Paradigm of Democratic Deficit in the EU

Influence of Fiscal Policies and Labor Market Characteristics on Sustainable Social Insurance Budgets—Empirical Evidence from Central and Eastern European Countries

Norm collisions in European Union sectoral governance during the COVID‐19 pandemic: How the European Commission reconfigures norms in crises

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